B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (1977). Ph.D., Biophysical Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (1983). NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley(1982-1984)

Environmental photochemistry and optics; development of molecular probes to examine radical processes in both biological and environmental systems; optical properties and the remote sensing of seawater constituents.